Listen carefully to Common Core critics

6:32 PM,
Mar. 11, 2014

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The counteroffensive launched by Gov. Markell and other governors in defense of the Common Core academic standards underscores the tensions in our polarized politics and the fractured nature of education reform in this country. Gov. Markell, the other governors and several business groups responded to growing criticism of the academic standards that 45 states have adopted for public schools.

The governor said, "It's not about politics; it's about raising the bar for our children."

The Common Core standards began to develop in 2009 with governors from various states as prime movers. ...